trainingFollowing the Information sessions where Open call for proposals “Support for de-institutionalisation and social inclusion of persons with mental disability and mental illness” was presented, as part of the project activities training for potential applicants was held in Belgrade on September, 19th 2013.

The training was organized in order to provide additional information to the potential applicants about the process of transformation of institutions; community based services as well as the process of de-institutionalization for people with mental and intellectual difficulties.

The meeting was opened by Mr. Vladimir Pesic, Assistant Minister for protection of persons with disabilities in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy .

The project experts held presentations in the first part of the training. In the second part, technical aspects for project preparation were presented by the project experts – how to fill out application forms, preparation of project budget and how to implement the projects.

The event was attended by about 140 representatives of social and health institutions, local-self governments and civil society organizations who are expected to participate in the Open call for proposals.

Training presentations are available in the category Documents on this website.

All questions and answers that have been raised ​​related to the Open call will be soon available on the website of the EU Delegation in Serbia, as well as on the Open Arms project website.